Six meter vessel, white hull, eight persons on board, unreported redscar bay (09-08S 146-55E) to port moresby
Coral Sea · HYDROPAC 220/01
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2001-02-15 08:35Z
This notice comes from the historical archive. Its archived status does not establish when or how the reported situation ended.
- Source and dates
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · RCC AUSTRALIA AUSSAR 1092/01 POR EGC #47627 120529Z FEB 01. Issued 2001-02-12 06:40Z. First collected 2026-08-17 13:38Z; last seen in collection 2026-08-17 15:46Z. Collection dates record ingestion, not a new incident or a fresh field observation.
- Location covered
- Coral Sea. The parsed report position is -9.133, 146.917. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.
Related notices and cancellation links
- issued
- 2001-02-12 06:40Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- RCC AUSTRALIA AUSSAR 1092/01 POR EGC #47627 120529Z FEB 01
- issued by
- RCC AUSTRALIA AUSSAR
- sea
- Coral Sea
- position
- -9.133, 146.917
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
SIX METER VESSEL, WHITE HULL, EIGHT PERSONS ON BOARD, UNREPORTED REDSCAR BAY (09-08S 146-55E) TO PORT MORESBY. VESSELS IN VICINITY REQUESTED TO KEEP A SHARP LOOKOUT, ASSIST IF POSSIBLE. REPORTS TO RCC AUSTRALIA, TELEX: 7162025, PHONE: 612 6230 6811.
Reading this warning
- Persons on board (POB)
- The number of people reported aboard a vessel in distress, overdue or missing.
- Position (degrees and minutes)
- How warnings write positions: degrees, a hyphen, then minutes, with N/S and E/W — 49-40.8N 003-43.8W.
- Keep a sharp lookout
- A request to every ship in the area to watch for the vessel, people or object described.
- Assist if possible
- The second half of the standard rescue request: ships able to help are asked to do so.
- RCC / JRCC (Rescue Coordination Centre)
- The centre that organises search and rescue in its region; warnings ask ships to send their reports there.
Collected reports in this area · distress & casualty cases (archived)
87 within 180 nm since 2000 · 0 in the last 12 months · 0 listed in force now
Counts include repeat notices about the same situation. NGA archive coverage ends 2024-05; live collection began 2026-08-17. The period between them is incomplete. An empty year is not evidence that no hazards occurred.
- Capsized vessel, three persons on board, adrift in 09-34.98S 144-06.12E at 021040Z may2024-05-02
- Capsized vessel, three persons on board, adrift in 09-35.52S 144-06.95E at 020756Z may2024-05-02
- Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 09-33.40S 144-07.20E at 020531Z may2024-05-02
- 52 meter F/V kinei maru, 24 persons on board on fire in 11-23.00S 147-58.00E at 222216Z dec2023-12-23
- Seven meter vessel, white hull, 14 persons on board, sank in vicinity 06-44.77S 147-34.62E at 260430Z sep2023-09-30
- Two persons overboard from 23 foot vessel, capsized and adrift, between malasiga (06-41.50S 147-48.00E) and…2023-08-26
Month of issue in the collected archive
All available years combined. Uneven collection and repeat bulletins affect these counts; this chart does not measure the seasonality or probability of incidents.
Nearby notices listed in force · within 120 nm
No other collected notice is currently listed in force within this radius. This does not establish safe conditions.
Worldwide in the collected sources
0 distress & casualty cases (archived) listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-02 17:40Z; source collection times vary.
Incidents
Search-and-rescue broadcasts, published only once a case has been closed for 30 days: groundings, sinkings, capsizes, fires, man overboard, overdue vessels. Nothing here is live. All current distress & casualty cases (archived) →
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